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| Freedom Man... |
 Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 2:02 pm |
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Up Your Rent! - BLOOMBERG'S LANDLORD FAVORITISM
Last June, the NYC Rent Guidelines Board issued an edict that effective this
October 1st the landlords of rent-stabilized buildings can increase the rent
on a 1-year lease by 3%, and on a 2-year lease by 6%.
This affects about a million rent-regulated dwellings in New York City.
But regardless of the 3% - 6% ruling, many tenants will pay FAR BIGGER
INCREASES than these figures indicate. If you've been in your regulated
apartment for 6 years or more, or have been paying less than $1000 per month
in rent, landlords can and will give you an increase of $30 on a 1-year
lease even if it is more than 3% of what you now pay, and likewise a $60
increase on a 2-year lease.
Note that in most cases it is far better in the long run to take one year
leases.
Prior to the board's decision Bill Thompson, the Democratic candidate for
mayor of New York, called for NO increases - a freeze on rents due to the
economic hardship now faced by many tenants. Even Christine Quinn, often a
supporter of Billionaire Bloomberg, called for such a rent freeze.
Bloomberg claimed that he stays out of the board's operations because the
board exists to keep politics out of the decision-making process. But as
with his misleading ticket-trap parking signs, that's just another Bloomberg
deception. BLOOMBERG APPOINTED ALL NINE MENBERS OF THE RENT GUIDELINES
BOARD.
END RULE BY THE RICH FOR THE RICH IN NEW YORK
GIVE THE CITY BACK TO ITS CITIZENS
RESTORE DEMOCRACY
VOTE DEMOCRAT BILL TOMPKINS FOR MAYOR! |
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